Minnesota Ballet hosts Wine & Chee’s fundraiser

Where else but the Minnesota Ballet’s Wine & Chee’s can you sample wines and micro-brew beers, nibble on light hors d’oeuvres, bid on two premium Madonna concert tickets or a Sonoma wine trip or a Chee print, have Chee himself sign the print, and see aerialist entertainment by Alex Loch.

It all happens 5:30-8 p.m. Thursday at the Depot Great Hall.

Items up for bid include first-time giclée prints by Cheng-Khee Chee, internationally known artist and signature member of the American Watercolor Society; a spot in the ballet’s 2013 Celebrity Dance Challenge; a party on the North Shore Scenic Railroad; dinner for eight prepared in your home by a professional chef, and an entry to Grandma’s Half Marathon.

Hors d’oeuvres are provided by Bellisio’s Italian Restaurant, Clyde Iron Works Restaurant, The Exchange, Lake Avenue Restaurant, New Scenic Café, Nokomis Restaurant, and Zeitgeist Arts Café.

Tickets are $35 before the event and $40 at the door and are available in Duluth at the Minnesota Ballet, (218) 529-3742 or at www.minnesotaballet.org; Jitters Coffee and Tea House; Waters of Superior; A Touch of Plasch; and in Superior at Keyport Liquor.

The event is sponsored by Keyport Liquor, CPL Imaging, and Cheng-Khee Chee. Proceeds benefit the Minnesota Ballet.

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